It's probably also worth underlining the fact that what I've really been doing is running through a series of arguments.

为这样的事实打下基础也是很有价值的,我正在做的,是将一系列的论证串联起来

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Israel's descent to Egypt sets the stage for the rise of a pharaoh who, the text says, didn't know Joseph and all that he had done for Egypt.

以色列人下埃及也为一个法老的得势打下基础，文中说法老不认识约瑟夫，也不知他为埃及做的一切。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So, you'll be learning in this class 512 a great preparation for 512, which is organic chemistry.

做有机化学需要知道的东西,你们学这门课程将为课程，也就是有机化学打下基础。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

These, in turn, became the basis of the first European universities in places like Bologna, Paris, Oxford.

同时也为之后,欧洲大学的创立打下基础,位于波隆那，巴黎及牛津。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

And the challenge that we gave to ourselves is can we do that packaging in such a way that lays a ground work for community learning coming out of people who got involved in looking at the experiment of knowledge updates.

我们自己面临的挑战是,究竟能否,借用技术打包,为知识更新实验的,观看者的群体学习打下,坚实的基础。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

It's like we have laws of thermodynamics that underlie the use of engines, but you can't just go from the laws of thermodynamics to an automobile; there are a million steps along the way.

这就好比热力学定律,为引擎的使用打下了理论基础,但你不能从热力学定律一步跨越到发明汽车,这中间还要经历成千上万的步骤

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选